Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI go out | ||
| NegativeI don’t go out |
JAPANESE VERB
外出 する
to go out, on business
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI go out | ||
| NegativeI don’t go out |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI went out | ||
| NegativeI didn’t go out |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formgoing out, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am going out | ||
| Please (て ください)please go out |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can go out | ||
| NegativeI can’t go out |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to go out | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to go out |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s go out |
条件形 · “if” and “when”
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am gone out | ||
| CausativeI make someone go out |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
ぶちょう は ごご から がいしゅつ します。
The department head is out from this afternoon.
きむら は、 さきほど がいしゅつ しました。
Kimura went out a short while ago.
たなか は ただいま がいしゅつ して おります。
Tanaka is out of the office at the moment.
かいぎ が おわる まで、 がいしゅつ できません。
I can't go out until the meeting ends.
ひる は すこし がいしゅつ したい の です が。
I'd like to pop out a little at lunchtime, if I may.
あめ が やんだら、 がいしゅつ しましょう。
Let's go out once the rain stops.
しゃちょう が がいしゅつ すれば、 オフィス は しずか に なる。
When the president goes out, the office goes quiet.
きょう は かぜ が つよい から、 がいしゅつ しないで ください。
The wind is strong today, so please don't go out.
ぶちょう は なんじ ごろ がいしゅつ されます か?
Around what time will the department head go out?
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.